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E rod  i      i  I  In     Hiltat  Soptambn  Ift  MO.  «t  <h-  PomoIRu  *<  Hibuoflllo,  N„rit>  Cirollna,  Ht.il.-r  thi  A.-t  ..i  M»r.-i.  :i,  L0TB. 


VOL.  II.  NO.  11 


GIBSONVILLE,  N.  C.  THl'RSDAY,  NOVEMBER  10,  1921 


TWO  DOLLARS  A  YEAR 


:  Fricdcn's  Lutheran  Church  : 


To     understand    th«     causes    thai 
brought   the   i  .'i  I)     ■  Itlii  ■    to   North 

Carolina    whose    e(l u I  toll  ihed 

i-,,,..i,ir.  i  hun  ii  wi   inui  I  m  back  to 

I. I--. m    history,    I    rm  iew    thi 

struggle  known  n-  the  Thirtj    Ifeai 
War,    Religious  hatred,  and  trouble* 

over    church    lands    in    the     reg 

known  ai  the  Pajattnntc,  cau 
number*  ol    liberty  loi  Ins    people  to 
!!«■  to  America,     Tholr  native  land* 

in  i  hi  opi   n  en   di  sol I,  and  bj  I  hi 

French  invaaic (  the   Rhine  region 

ih,-  iplendid  homee  of  the  Palatinci 
were  laid  waste,  The  new  world  of- 
fered an  asylum  The  Swiss,  French, 
and  the  natives  «f  the  Palatine  region 
poured  Into  Pennsylvania,  and  then 
turned  on  to  the  South 


1722,  and  taught  Hchool  and  preached 

in    vi un    pnrU   nf    Virginia,    Can 

i i    Georgia,    Maryland    and    Pann 

ylvnnin  In  I 7**n  ho  unn  piem-hing 
In  Hi  klenburg  county,  N.  C,  ami 
wa    In  full  sympathy  with  those  whn 

ii  n,  .1  the  Mecklenburg  i'cclaration; 
he  was  *n  ardent  patriot,  nnH  greatly 

■..,!,. I     I.-,      thi        !■         I 

The  Lutherans  ami  the  Reformed 
people  wen  ii"1  orjgtnal  joint  owners 
of  the  church  property  nt  Friedens. 
and  aaeh  denomination  either  cont- 
ducd  it"  »wn  Mnrtces  separately  or 
held  i"ini  service*,  as  desired.  A* 
inc.  Reformed  people  developed  theli 
interests  »t  Brick  church,  and  latei 
!.i  Hi  Hope  they  gave  tea*  and  leu 
inflin      'M. ii   in   their  interests  at  Fried. 


I.,  .  .,,,    ,,i,.,..m    |Q88   ;> rut  up   I"    1775  the 

:,i,  I,.,.     ,,f  thai  imu-  iho«  m 
30,000    in. i  who    bin! 

.-unic  ovei  ompany  the 

immigrant*  to  Worth  Carolina  targr- 
I]  i  .,,,!.■  The  Lord  proprietor*  of 
Carolina  were  ailxioui  for  these 


,  ,.ii,  red  mil  term.   I lace   disintegrated.    H  was  during  this  p*> 


ery    fan, 


r  South.  This 
fni   the  fact  that  almost 

nties  m  PennayWanto,  such 
as  Berks.  Schuylkill  and  ol  ■ 
t„  .  ,  ,,,  i ,  four  ■  ■ 
linn  ...  North  Carolina  Alamance, 
Guilford,  Davidson,  Poraptfa  and  oth 
■  ii  thin  sec- 
■Hue  the  homes  of  these  peo- 
pli 

The  name  Friedens  comes  from  thi 
arord  Fried-e(n)  .whose  plural  Ii 
i  ,  ,  ....  ,i.i,     the    meaning    Pence, 

tranquility,  pacific.  4c. 

Prtedburg,  which  is  thi 
old  ii.i  historic  church  of  the  Mo 


in  IB28  Rev   John  ll.  Crawford 

mi.  'ii.    Hi  nk  Church  paster,  and 

remained   until    into.     Purine   these 
twelve  yean  the  Reformed  rongrega- 
tlon  at  Friedens  was  allowed  t<>  ba> 
. ......      .  altered  and  the  organisation 

of  the  Reformed  people  at  this  place 


rlod    .1 '   i-  10  to  1840,  t Kj.t  the 

of  the  foreign  language  wm  dropped 
in  thi'  pulpli  service*  altogether,  «n<l 
all  the  service"  wire  cond acted  in 
f  i, rii  h 

During  this  period  of  about  seventy 

rean   these   two  de dnal held 

i  i r...  i  in  ■  linn  Ii  and  parson- 
age property;  often  united  in  joint 
ml  frr.iu.-nHy  Wttt  mlnil 
tend  hj  the  same  pa-tor  regnrdles- 
of  denomination,  when  either  pulpit 
won  vacant     In   IBB6  under  the  leud- 

nhtp  ..f  Rev.  <;.  W.  Walker  a  Re- 
formed minister,  the  connection  of  the 
Reform*  il    members    wai    altogether 

BVered  from  Friedens  and  .they  w< 

■»■  ™  <«»""'  I  """"•'  '?";,",  "''l,c,-k^ihk^,"k'^■"',  »•"»  "><-  »■■  ■"■■■'  '"■''■ J- 

■t    -hat  sin  known 
gration,      and     the     name     Priedburg    Station,  a     pel  about 


nd  gathered  thnba  into  the  fold.  tli« 
work   «rew  so  thJU  Rev.  Jacob  Orler- 

Ires  i .  'u     Mi  oneed   u   is 

tlstenl  pis  tor  ami  did  much  to  lighten 
the  heavy  burden"  of  the  wide  field. 
Rev  C  i.  Rettsel  was  a  laborer  in 
Rot  l.ibn  D,  Mch.nk  originally  from 
tho  south  Carolina  .synod  after  fine 
work  In  Itowan  county  came  to  thin 
Held.     At   some  loter  time  there  iney 

be  0 irl tv  to  prepare  s  complete 

lint   of   the   pastors   who   have   served 

in  thli  field, 

Some  nf  lbs  -dder  people  will  re- 
nil  the  Old  church  that  llood  in  what 
u  now  the  present  cemetery.  There 
I  •  '.mi  imH  Borrarmad  incident  con- 
nected with  taking  down  one  nf  the 
old  i.i  lni.ii.-.l  ,l,  ulil,  folding  doors 
nml  maklnii  u«e  of  same  to  carry  off 
ii  wounded  snldirr  in  days  of  war. 
It  i  -ti.i  that  the  atnin  was  there  for 
year*  Some  «lill  livlnR  will  rvrall 
the  old  arbOI  Uaed  for  outdoor  mret- 
Inga.  Many  n  tale  of  "ye  old  time" 
cluster*  around  that  old  arbor.  It 
was  a  atronirly  framed  and  well  roof- 
ed affair  and  was  sold  after  the  late 
civil  war  to  n  citlscn  ,.f  Gibsonville. 
who  moved  it  snd  had  n  rebuilt  Into 
a  livery  stable  isorage  bam. 

The  present  handsome  brick  ItrUi 
lure  stands  as  a  monument  to  th.- 
liberality  and  Christian  enterprise  of 

the    late    I.udwick    Summer.,    Blflieon 

Wagoner  sn.l  others  who  were  ami.tiK 
the   leaders   In   Its   erection. 

At  one  time  the  .  tiurch  nttrmpii'd 
to   cmiilue'   ■    ■■  knpl    snd    sr»  ted   ■ 

leKooln on    tril*  irruunds,   ami   f.ir 

several  terms  It  did  very  good  work. 
but   finally   the  effort  was  dropped, 

Priedens  Church  history  will  al 
ways  be  inlercl  *inv  to  the  student.  It 
is  wrappe.1  up  in  tbr  story  of  the  eur 


i  ilay  of  their  oriir- 
inal  coining  to  this  section.  The  land? 
have   twin    handed   doirn    hi    fomlles 


•  Soon!  i 


i  creat  similarity  to  that  of 
rriedena   and   comes   from   the   same 
ords   in   it-    native   language. 

These  Moravians  had  much  in  com- 
mon with  the  early  nettler^  along  the 
banks  of  the  Haw  River.  Reedy  Fork. 
unit  all  this  section,  ami  their  histo- 
ries often  interweave  as  the  student 
truces  out  the  several  lines  of  devel- 
opment. They  were  nil  nnlmated  by 
the  same  spirit  and  alt  were.driven  to 
this  new  world  by  the  same  common 
resulting  from  the  European 
Thirty   Years   War   and   the   persecu- 

r that    followed.      The    I 

William  Penn,  of  Pennsylvania.,  and 
Queen  Anne,  of  England,  stand  as  the 
names  of  friends  of  these  people  in 
tTii-e   dark  days. 

Friedeni  historic  church  stands  to- 
pay  as  one  of  the  most  interesting 
spots  in  all  this  section.  It  is  located 
about  two  miles  north-west  of  Gib- 
nonville  on  the  nriKinal  church 
grounds.  Its  origin  goes  hack  to  the 
riming   into   thin    state   of    the    first 

the-.-  early  comers  settled  they  soon 
began  the  erection  of  chu»ch  houses 
for  rejrular  worship.  In  these  earlier 
doys  the  church  houses  were  general- 
ly built  by  the  united  efforts  of  both 
both  the  Lutherans  und  the  Reformed 
people.  Such  was  the  case  with  what 
we  flow  know  as  Frtcrtens  Church/ 
It  was  n  union  church  and  wns  or- 
ganized  about  the  some  time  as  Brick 
Church,  which  is  located  six  miles 
south  of  Gibsonville,  and  it  ia  not  Im- 
probable that  both  churchcH  were  or- 
gunined  by  the  same  minister.  It  wan 
first  known  us  "Stahuker's  Church," 
or  "Sahnakcr's  Church"  and  older 
will  recall  that  it  was  often  called 
.  ns  if  spelled  Shoemaker's  Church; 
this  comlnir  an  the  modern  pronun- 
ciation from  the  original  spelling— 
"Stohmaker'a." 

The  first  congregational  group  ia 
supposed  to  hove  been  formed  about 
1771;  (he  date  is  not  exactly  clear. 
Rev.  Samuel  Suther  was  then  preach- 
ing in  a  small  lojf  house  built  by  the 
tithe  rang  and  the  Reformed  people  on 
tin-  spot  wuherc  the  present  I-ow'n 
Lutheran  Chrch  now  stands  aobut  ten 
miles  south  of  Gibsonville.  It  is  prob- 
able that  this  same  Rev,  Samuel  Su- 
iln-i  held  thi 
grounds  of  what  Is  now  Frludons 
Church.  Suther  was  a  SwIeb,  bom  in 


■  tnl  Hon  College,  where 
they  still  worship,  It  was  many 
r  howgver,  before  their 
financial  claims  of  interest  in  the 
property  of  the  Friedens  pastorale 
wen-  fully  and  finally  ndjuate-l 
salisfncli 
It  ii 


The  church  afvt  section  have  always 
moved  towards  nrw  Ihine*  with  much 
prudence,  and  lhanga  ha*  come  only 
iifi.-i  much  though) 

To  properly  uppreciate  the   present 

age  and  to  plm>  wisely  for  the  com- 

ih,.    Ing   times  one   .nu*t   know   lomething 

■  i  the  history  of  the  past.     Upon  the 


gating  to  recall  that  many  Past  the  present  U  builded,  snd  upon 
the  present  the  future  must  grow. 
For  this  reason  there  oui:ht  to  be 
more  attention  given  to  the  arory  of 
the  post,  and  more  general'  informa- 
tion  upon   its   fart-  snd  incident*. 

Hou  few  toilty  know  anything  of 
the  labors  of  Rev.  Adolph  Nuaemann 
and  of  the  Rev  J.  G.  Arndt,  and  yet 
the  seeda  of  the  present  Lutheran 
Church  in  North  Carolina  were  scat- 
tered widely  by  these  two  faithful  la- 
borers of  the  olden  days  in  their  mis- 
sionary  tours  over  Davidson,  Guil- 
ford, Orange,  Stokes  and  Forsyth 
counties.  For  fifteen  years  during 
the  storm  of  the  ".evolutionary  period 
the^e  two  heroic  souls  labored  ulone, 
and  all  Lutherans  Ism  west  of  the 
Catawba  river;  Spas  foonded  t.y  the 
efforts  of  Rev.  \.  G.  Amdt.  Chrla- 
topher  Rinttcmunn  and  Christopher 
Layrle  journeyed  oil  the  woy  to  Eu- 
rope, journeying  first  to  London  and 
then  to  Hanovei-  for  the  purpose  of 
securing  "one  pastor  and  preacher" 
for  the  work  in  North  Carolina,  and 
secured  by  this  lonir  and  tedious  jour- 
ney the  two  men  mentioned,  Rev, 
Adolph  .".»  .ill  '■■■  and  Rev.  J.  G. 
Arndt,  the  latter  of  whom  wns  both 
a  school  teacher  and  a  preacher.  In 
1767  these  two  were  joined  by  Rev, 
Christian  Eberhardt,  of  Stuttgard,  of 
the  kingdom  of  Wurtenburg.  Rev. 
Bernhardt  wias  in  Guilford  county 
during  a  period  of  about  ten  years, 
from  1790  to  1B00. 

The  people  were  liberal  In  those 
olden  daya.  Read  this:  "As  soon  as 
wo  arrived  the  Deacons  visited 
they  brought  (lour,  corn,  hams, 
sages,  dried  fruit,  chickens,  turkeys, 
geese,  Ac,  so  that  there  has  been  no 
occasion  for  us  to  spend  one  farthing 
for  housekeeping  to  this  time," 

But  this  sketch  must  draw  to  o  con- 
clusion. We  need  to  awake  to  the 
rich  atoros  of  our  paHt  history;  we 
we  need  more  interest  in  the  great 
events  of  the  days  gone  by  (tint  wo 
may     be    inspir-d    to    even    greater 


of  ii"'  earl  lea  I  ministers  of  both  the 
Lutheran  and  the  Reformed  .  hurch 
poke  'In-  foreign  tongue.  The  first 
English  Lutheran  preacher  in  North 
Carolina  was  Rev.  Robert  Johnson 
Miller,  ■-■  native  of  Kaldovia,  Angus- 
Dundee,  Scotland,  bom  In 
1758,  reaching  this  country  in  1774. 
ith  with  General  Greene's 
army  during  the  Revolutionary  War 
and  remained  here  to  preach  after 
pence  was  declared.  The  first  ecclesl- 
embly  of  the  Lutheran 
Church  in  North  Carolina  was  held 
in  Salisbury  In  May  1704,  and  this 
the  Rev.  R.  J,  Miller  was  the 
first  minister  ordained  by  what  is 
known  as  the  [■-■'"■  -*-  Vinisteriui 

n  Virginia  Conference  held  inlfl08 
in  Rockingham  county,  Va.,  we  find 
his  reference  to  FriedonB  Church: 
In  that  region  which  lies  partly  in 
Orange  and  partly  in  Guilford  coun- 
ties there  ore  three  Lutheran 
ehurehse,  three  Reformed  churches, 
and  one  joint  church  named  Friedens. 
In  1R01  Rev.  Philip  Henkle  was  called 
to  servo  as  Lutheran  pastor,  who  re- 
mained until  IROrl  when  he  accepted 
a  call  to  Lincoln  county." 

In  the  minutes  uf  the  Synod  held 
in  1810  at  Orgon  Church  in  Rowan 
county  there  is  this  interesting  state- 
ment :  "Rev.  Mnrkurt's  pastorate: 
Pilgrim's,  Beck's,  Schwelssguth 
(Swicegood),  now  Sandy  Creek,  Lou's 
(now  Low's),  Friedens,  Graves  (now 
St.  Paul's)."  Certainly  the  field  whs 
large  enough  to  claim  the  energies  of 
any  man. 

The  Lutheran  churches  in  Guilford 
und  what  whs  then  known  as  Orange 
counties  wen-  without  pastors  from 
1605  to  1810,  In  IBID  Rev.  Jacob 
Soberer  became  the  poslor  of  theso 
churches  and  did  a  great  -work  over 
a  wide  territory.  He  laid  great  stress 
upon  teaching  the  young  people  the 
Church  doctrines,  and  won  large 
numbers   to   his   membership.      In   the 

ubBenee  of  the  modem  Sunday  Hchool  ,  things  In  the;  present.     A   volume  of 
he  saw  the  need  and  taught  the  young  1  rich  and    interacting    history    might 


■osily   be   written   of    Fried. -n-,    I  Hi h 

If    there    were    sufficient    Interest    to 

mrrani   th..  undertaking.    The  his.1 

I. iiy  p,f  the  church  is  wrapped  up  ill  | 
that  of  the  state  and  the  nation.  There 
were  hrnvc  and  great  souln  in  those 
days  gone  by  thot  we  all  ought  to  I 
km.w  They  mode  [hi  hlltOTJI  of. 
those  times,  and  our  day  is  builded 
upon   the   day   that   they  fashioned. 

The  men  of  the  Friedens  Church 
community  played  their  part  in  all 
the  stirring  scenes  nf  the  Revolution- 
ary War.  The  .I'm. .-i.i  was  largely 
Whig  sentiment,  of  course,  as  they 
had  come  her*  seeking  freedom. 
They  were  on  bond  at  Wbitesell's 
Mill  on  the  Reedy  Fork;  they  were 
well  represented  at  the  Battle  of  Al- 
amance in  1771,  opposing  Gov.  Tryon 
in  his  oppressions,  a  suot.  by  the  way, 
only  seven  miles  southeast  of  the 
•pot  on  which  Friedens  stands.  They 
were  at  Guilford  Court  Hun-,-  In  17B1 
when  (he  bar kl wine  of  the  British 
power  was  finally  broken.  They  were 
willing  to  pay  reasonable  taxes  nec- 
essary for  the  support  uf  the  govern- 
ment, but  demanded  o  voice  in  that 
same  government.  They  were  sell- 
ing forty  bushels  of  wheat  for  about 
five  dollars  and  were  unwilling  to  pay 
extortionate  taxes.  They  were  in  an 
undeveloped  country,  abounding  in 
wild  animals,  and  packs  of  wolves, 
•nd  they  refused  to  be  oppr.-fs.-d  de- 
spite their  many  difficulties.  The  his- 
bjrlanl  Wheeler  and  Coruthers  and 
nthres  pay  fine  tribute  lo  the  spirit 
that  prevailed  m  this  section.  The 
air  was  vibrating  with  the  strains 
,.r  hreedorn  and  liberty  Guilford 
Court  House  battlefield  was  distant 
about  fifteen  miles  only  from  the 
church  grounds.  Gov.  Tryon  was 
building  at  New  Bern  for  In-  home 
the  finest  house  in  all  the  Southern 
country,  a  palace  for  that  day.  and 
the  brave  pioneers  of  Friedens!  to- 
gether with  those  of  other  sections 
of  Goilford,  and  what  is  now  Ala- 
mance coonfy,  then  Ononre.  felt  that 
it  wai  on  outrage  to  allow  «uch  ex- 
travagance in  that  day  of  struggle 
and  poverty,  They  were  forced  to 
become  church  militant,  thot  is  mil- 
itary, whether  they  so  willed  or  not. 
The  spirit  that  had  brought  them 
from  distant  homes  across  the  Atlan- 
tic would  not  allow  them  tn  tamely 
submit  U>  injustice  in  the  royal  gov- 
of  that  day  as  administered 
by   the  haughty  Gov.  Tryon. 

Thus  it  Is  that  the  history  of  Fried- 
ens Church  in  its  earlier  period 
history  "f  all  this  section,  with  the 
government  then  in  operation,  with 
the  operations  of  the  Wnr  of  the  Rev- 


THOMAS  SCHOOL  ITRMH. 

The  halth  on  this  route  Is  good  at 
his    wrltine 

Mr.  Albert  Andrews  and  family 
Ipenl    Banrfey   with    Mr.   Henry  John- 

Thomas    wool    opened   October  24. 

Mr    William    Rich  Is  the  teacher  here. 

He  i-  liked  by  all  the  scholar*. 

Mr.  Hilliary  Wyrick  and  Miss  Ma; 
mie  Wyrick  spent  a  while  at  Mr.  Ell 
Clapp's  Sunday  afternoon  and  had  a 

Mr.  .1  H  ami  L.  M.  Apple  carried 
tobacco  to  Greensboro  Tuesday. 

Mr.  I.ii,.  v  Dawson  visited  at  Mr. 
Phillipi's  Sunday  evening. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winfield  Andrei"*  end 
daughter,  Viola,  moved  to  Ostppee 
lust   week.      Hope   them   good  success. 

Mr.  Lucy  Andrew*  mode  n  call  at 
Mr.  T.  G.  Rumley's  Saturday  nlffct 

Mr.  Albert  Andrews  carried  tohaaseo 
to  Reldsville  Monday  and  got  en  »r- 
erugc   price. 

Mr.  Perry  Michael  has  been  uutte 
sick  for  some  time.  Hope  him  > 
speedy  recovery. 

Hi  Rueeell  Itumley  had  his  corn 
husking    Inst     Friday    night.      Large 

.-.■..I  attended. 

llest  wishes  to  the  Post  and  its  me- 


,. lain. 


with    all    that 


moke   up   the   life   of  th. 

people    were    by    nature 

tance  religious,   and   thei 

often    caused   them    to   i 

ship    and    suffering    "for   conscience' 

sake."     Verily,  their  works  do  follow 

Ihem  in  the  heritage  they  have  left 

for  coming  generations. 


EI.ON   COIIECE  ITEMS. 

Klon  Coltet-e,  Nov,  7— Yesterday 
was  a  busy  day  in  the  college  com- 
munity. In  addition  to  the  regular 
Sunday  school,  church  and  organi- 
zational services  of  the  day  at  0:30 
p.  m.t  MisB  Heller,  field  secretary  of 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  addressed  u  mas? 
meeting  of   the  young  women  of  the 

At  8:00  o'clock  the  Willing  Workers 

of  the.  village,  a  missionary  organi- 
sation of  the  local  church,  presented 
a  brief  program  of  songs  and   reeita- 

Foilowlng  this  brief  service  on  ad- 
dress on  his  recent  visit  to  Porto 
Rico  was  given  by  Dr.  J.  C.  Atkinson, 
missionary  secretary  of  the  Southern 
Christian  Convetion.  Dr.  Atkinson 
spoke  of  the  Island  of  Porto  Rico 
form  the  standpoint  of  race,  natural 
advantages,    education,    nnd    religion. 

Quite  a  number  of  ttie  women  of 
the  town  will  ntend  the  meeting  of 
the  Women's  Missionary  Conference 
of  the  Christian  church  for  this  state, 
which  is  to  meet  in  Greensboro  on 
Thursday  of  this  week. 

Newspaper  articles  introducing  the 
Conference  statesmen,  now  current 
Indicate  that  Blsmarcks,  Talleyrunds. 
Gladstones  and  Beaconsfields  ore  get- 
ting kind  of  ncarce  nowadays. 


More  Millions  for  I'nrnforrement.         0^ 

Congress  will  be  asked  for  $10,000,- 
000  for  the  enforcement  of  prohibition 
during  the  next  fiscal  year.  This  is 
(2,600,000  more  than  me  appropri- 
ation for  the  current  year,  and  the  in- 
crease is  sought  "to  enable  a  more 
complete  and  efficient  enforcement 
■■<f  the  prohibition  laws  through  en- 
larged   forces    and    facilities. " 

Where  is  the  assurance  that  this 
aim  will  be  accomplished  even  in 
part?  If  S2.5O0.0O0  more  is  needed 
'.••  enforce  prohibition  next  year,  why 
is  it  not  logical  to  suppose  that  a  year  <• 
hence  a  still  greater  sum  will  be  re- 
quired? Instead  of  becoming  easier 
as  the  supply  of  legitimately  distilled 
liquor  on  haud  when  prohibition  went 
into  effect  grows  less,  the  job  becomes  r>. 
harder.  The  conditions  of  enforce 
ment  should  have  become  more  favor- 
able by  this  time.  If  on  the  contrary 
they  are  becoming  less  favorable,  bow 
big  is  the  final  bill  for  eaforcement, 
to  be? 


J.  W.  Boring,  Jr.,  Honored. 

Our  young  townsman,  J.  W.  Bring, 
Jr.,  was  elected  vice-president  of  the 
Thirtieth  Division  (Old  Hickory)  at 
the  annual  reunion  at  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  on  November  5t». 

This  a  great  honor,  especially  as 
he  was  not  present  and  had  not 
sought  nor  expected  it. 

Young  Mr.  Boring  was  one  of  the 
men  who  received  a  citation  for  brav- 
ery during  the  world  war,  an  roder 
being  issued  from  army  headquarters 
as  follows:  "This  young  non  commis- 
sioned officer  having  volunteered  his 
services  on  first  aid  station,  worked 

heroically    for    throe    -_,...    ..Oeving 

the  mounded  and  caring  for  the  dead, 
under  intense  machine  gun  and  shell 
fire  without  any  apparent  concern 
for  his  personal  safety." 

J.  W.  Boring,  Jr.,  and  Joe  Riupy 
left  Wednesday  morning  for  Florida, 
going  by  outoniobile,  where  the}'  ex- 
pect to  spend  the  winter. 


Swarthmore  Chautauqua. 
The  chautauqua  has  come  and  gone, 
dim  perhaps  some  of  our  good  eitiiens 
are  wiser  but  sadder  for  the  nonce. 
The  performances,  with  tho  exception 
of  the  Greek  portrayal,  to  say  the 
idea  of  such  an  aggregation  of  broken 
down  vaudeville  players  presuming  to 
ask  a  guarantee  for  their  oppoarance 
in  n  town  is  preposterous  in  the  ex"- 
extreme.  Gibsonville  has  much  better 
musical  talent  and  Ediaon  con  be  re- 
lied on  to  furnish  us  superior  lectures 
y  bph  no  graph  than  "Dr."  MeKean 
dished  out  to  us.   . 

The   Knurkera   Below. 

Probably  another  reason  why  there 

is  nlwnys  room  at  the  top  is  because 

the  fellows  below  ore  always  knocking 

the  props  under  tho  fellows  above. 

It  is  said  thut  tax  dodging  is  on  the 
decline,  perhaps  because  there  are 
some  things  too  big  to  be  dodged. 


